- Date
- May 15, 2024, 14:22 local (20:22 UTC)
- Place
- Moriarty, NM · On airport
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N995JStemme S10-VT
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR pattern final: Miscellaneous/other
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20240515012569A
- Case key
- 194272
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Probable cause
The pilot’s unstabilized approach, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with terrain.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot of the powered glider reported that, while maneuvering for landing for runway 26, he was distracted by a helicopter and the approach of another glider. He elected to land on runway 17, and while on final approach, the powered glider was high and landed over 1000 ft down the runway. The powered glider overran the departure end of the runway and impacted terrain, resulting in substantial damage to the aft fuselage and empennage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the powered glider that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N995J
- Reported as
- Stemme S10-VT
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 11-083
- Built
- 2004
- Airframe hours
- 1,137.1
- Engine
- Rotax 914F2/S1, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 9, 2024 · 0.6 hours before
- Airport
- 0E0 · Moriarty Municipal Airport, runway 17, 6,201 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Electronic primary flight display
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 75
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- BasicMed, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 21, 2023
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 6,831 total · 1,001 in this make and model · 5,879 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.86 inHg
- Turbulence
- Moderate
- Observed at
- KABQ, 30 nm away
- METAR
- KABQ 152152Z 34010KT 10SM FEW080 FEW100 BKN210 26/M01 A2986 RMK AO2 PK WND 24027/2053 RAB2059E09 SLP039 VIRGA DSNT W P0000 T02561006
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 25, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.9 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.